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The dark side of social media on youth mental health::The U.S. Surgeon General's recent advisory highlights the perilous impact of social media on youth mental health, linking it to rising cases of eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction.

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[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Decades? Aren't they less than 2 decades old?

I doubt we knew it's effects for decades

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 12 points 10 months ago

Speak for yourself; I thought Facebook was shitty back in 1984.

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

MySpace surely was one of them. Came out in 2003. So...two decades? :D

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

A little over two decades actually.

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 1 points 10 months ago

Iirc, I was about 16 when Myspace was a thing. I'm gonna be 40 very soon